Category Archives: Geek Stuff

While working on one of my projects, I found myself needing to inspect a raw, “all offered mimetypes” view of what was on the clipboard. I remembered that I used…While working on one of my projects, I found myself needing … Continue reading →

Sooner or later, everyone who plays around with 32-bit DOS programming using Open Watcom C/C++ is probably going to see one of these errors when they try to run their…Sooner or later, everyone who plays around with 32-bit DOS programming … Continue reading →

I’ve written a lot of little scripts over the years, and it’d be nice to be able to migrate to Kubuntu 20.04 LTS when it comes out, so I decided…I’ve written a lot of little scripts over the years, and … Continue reading →

For those who follow my programming projects, you may be familiar with the name QuickTile. It’s my most popular project and, in short, it adds hotkeys to your existing X11…For those who follow my programming projects, you may be familiar … Continue reading →

NOTE: While none of the significant elements of this approach require zsh, the formatting syntax and mechanism for updating a prompt dynamically differ between zsh and bash. See the end…NOTE: While none of the significant elements of this approach require … Continue reading →

A.K.A. How to get and compare timestamps without external commands in shell script (and without even invoking subshells in Zsh) I love the fortune command. It’s a charming little addition…A.K.A. How to get and compare timestamps without external commands in … Continue reading →

Recently, I’ve been trying to make my coding environment snappier, and one thing I was never happy with was how slow my .zshrc is. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m…Recently, I’ve been trying to make my coding environment snappier, and … Continue reading →